Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-01-21
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The Turner masquerade ball ocou:

The Turner masquerade ball occurs
on Wednesday evening next
Rev. j.E. Roy. Of Chicago, will speak
In the Congregational church Sunday
morning.
Go to Pederson's store and guess on
the beans for the blue china tea set. The
proceeds go to the iremen.
Rev. M, Hoyt wishes to meet the
CHRIST church confirmation class after
Sabbath school on Sunday next.
Yankton's winter carnival, ice palace
and all will attract thousands of visitors
to this city next winter. 1t is going to
be, sure.
Some of the Yankton democratic ap-
plications for Office are already over ripe
and are liable to decay if the senate de.
lays confirmation much longer,
Prot. W. 81. Allmon threatens to sue
all who signed his little book and who
have neither attended the dancing class
or paid the required $40. There are
quite q number of delinquents.
Ketchum, who fell off a toboggan
sled on Wednesday night into the
water ditch. got wet on that
occasion and is staying within doors
now nursing IN attack OF bronchitis.
Aten, on the Nebraska side, is expect.
ing q railroad or two in the spring and
prefers the Missouri Pacific to any other,
though 1t would take an extension oil
the Northwestern from Harrington,
O'NeiI or Creighton.
Returned pilgrims from st. Paul, the
city of ice. n and toboggan slides
say that Yankton's slide Is longer and
faster han any in St. Paul, and that the
extremely cold weather of that locality
makes aiding unpleasant.
On tomorrow the feast of st. Francis
de SALES high mass will be offered il
the Catholic church for the family o
Francis Hefner. All the friends of Mi
Hefner are respectfully invited to be
present as it will be his patrons day.
The case of j.. White vs.. j. Bergof,
suit brought to secure payment of wageI
for labor, was settled in Judge Congle-
tons court this afternoon. Judgmen
was rendered in favor OF Mr. White I,
the amount of 1886. An appeal vii
be taken to the district court.
Representative Jones, of Charles Mi
county, who is cutting something of
figure in the Bismarck legislature, Is th
man who contested Major Clarkson'
seat here at Yankton in the 1877 legisls
ture and failed to get it. He Will b
remembered by many Y~anktonians i
connection with that affair.
A Yankton county farmer sold fou
thousand dollars worth of hogs i
this city last week. This is one farme
only and hog raising is but an incider
in his business. He grows cattle an
horses and poultry and grain beside
On his hogs he realized. probably, fit
per cent profit. Hogs are worth havin
a around.
8 Yankto n might readily be made
fsttening station for Montana and ives
n ern Dakota cattle. This is the neare
corn patch to the ranges and there
5 now direct rail connection. Throue
= this industry Yankton could be ma,
one of the most important shipp,r
stations in the west. There is, besid,
q fortune in the business.
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The subject of lighting private bu,
h ness places and residences by electrici
is receiving the attention of sever
Yankton people and there IS q possibi
: ty that the spring time will see devslc
ments OF this nature. The city wal
Z system will furnish power sufficient
prope generating dynamos and Il